Spotify is a digital music streaming service that gives you instant access to millions of songs, from old classics to the latest hits.

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to install Spotify on an Ubuntu 18.04 desktop. The same steps apply for Ubuntu 16.04 and any Ubuntu based distribution, including Kubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

You’ll need to be logged in as a user with sudo access to be able to install packages on your Ubuntu system.

Installing Spotify on Ubuntu

Installing Spotify on Ubuntu Linux is a relatively straightforward process and will only take a few minutes.

Start by importing the repository’s GPG key using the following command: